Today I learned how to set up several different accounts. I set up a gmail account, a twitter account and, obviously, this blog. As a team, we met after class and chose a team name, the AlpineAlphas. Alpine, since we all work for Alpine district and Alphas, as in the Alphabet since we teach 1st and 2nd grades. We chose a topic to base our model on. We chose plants since both 1st and 2nd grade cover that in the state core. We are considering breaking the unit into 5 sections: Science, Math, Art, Reading, Vocabulary. We will use these 5 subjects to plan 10 hours of instruction. As an individual, I feel I can bring lesson planning experience to the team. I hope to be able to use the Instruction format we develop to teach this unit in my classroom. I'm excited to get started and work with the team I am in. These girls are full of energy and seem to love teaching as much as I do.
Wednesday's class was both fun and a bit overwhelming. I am excited to learn how to set up my own website for my classroom. I have been wanting to move in that direction. I would like to be able to use it as a connection to my students/parents instead of a weekly newsletter. This will help me be more "green" and help me learn more about technology. As a team, we have set up our blog and, thank goodness, have at least one member who is technology savvy. Hopefully she will be a help to me in catching on quickly. I am excited to spend more time this weekend exploring igoogle and attempting to start a webpage for my classroom in the fall. Thanks for all your help!
Thanks for the comments. What did you think about the reading how did it work for, with what you learned and read how will it be applied. Learning to create your won web page can be fun and very useful for your students. The more you learn in using these technology tools the better you will like them. iGoogle is a great resource to use so keep it up.
What? After Monday's class, I took some time to explore different websites. I was able to set up my own website for my class this fall. I am still adding to it, but I feel like I got a good start.
I've read so many texts for my different classes it's hard to keep them all straight. It's great that they all kind of overlap, so the info that we are getting applies everywhere.
As a team, we have chosen a new project field, more narrow and decided to divide and conquer. My part at this point is to explore how to use maps and globes. I am excited to find some games and learn how to make storyboards to go along with this content.
On Wednesday, I practiced adding photos and videos to my web pages. I'm still struggling with the video thing, pulling it from ivideo to my site. I'll keep working on that.
Question? I am gathering information for our group assignment. Can we use lesson plans and links that are already on the utah core site or can we take ideas from them or do we need to come up with our own original? thanks
Today I learned how to set up several different accounts. I set up a gmail account, a twitter account and, obviously, this blog.
ReplyDeleteAs a team, we met after class and chose a team name, the AlpineAlphas. Alpine, since we all work for Alpine district and Alphas, as in the Alphabet since we teach 1st and 2nd grades.
We chose a topic to base our model on. We chose plants since both 1st and 2nd grade cover that in the state core. We are considering breaking the unit into 5 sections: Science, Math, Art, Reading, Vocabulary. We will use these 5 subjects to plan 10 hours of instruction.
As an individual, I feel I can bring lesson planning experience to the team.
I hope to be able to use the Instruction format we develop to teach this unit in my classroom.
I'm excited to get started and work with the team I am in. These girls are full of energy and seem to love teaching as much as I do.
Wednesday's class was both fun and a bit overwhelming. I am excited to learn how to set up my own website for my classroom. I have been wanting to move in that direction. I would like to be able to use it as a connection to my students/parents instead of a weekly newsletter. This will help me be more "green" and help me learn more about technology.
ReplyDeleteAs a team, we have set up our blog and, thank goodness, have at least one member who is technology savvy. Hopefully she will be a help to me in catching on quickly.
I am excited to spend more time this weekend exploring igoogle and attempting to start a webpage for my classroom in the fall. Thanks for all your help!
Thanks for the comments.
ReplyDeleteWhat did you think about the reading how did it work for, with what you learned and read how will it be applied.
Learning to create your won web page can be fun and very useful for your students.
The more you learn in using these technology tools the better you will like them. iGoogle is a great resource to use so keep it up.
What? After Monday's class, I took some time to explore different websites. I was able to set up my own website for my class this fall. I am still adding to it, but I feel like I got a good start.
ReplyDeleteI've read so many texts for my different classes it's hard to keep them all straight. It's great that they all kind of overlap, so the info that we are getting applies everywhere.
As a team, we have chosen a new project field, more narrow and decided to divide and conquer. My part at this point is to explore how to use maps and globes. I am excited to find some games and learn how to make storyboards to go along with this content.
On Wednesday, I practiced adding photos and videos to my web pages. I'm still struggling with the video thing, pulling it from ivideo to my site. I'll keep working on that.
Question? I am gathering information for our group assignment. Can we use lesson plans and links that are already on the utah core site or can we take ideas from them or do we need to come up with our own original? thanks
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